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…student population, where it operated from 1937-1944. Afterwards they bused the kids to the nearest town to attend classes at a school there. Improved roads meant the closing of many rural schools. Scroll down for photos and to comment. Fairacres is a pretty typical rural school, rectangular in shape with… (Search hits: 0 in title, 18 in body, 3 in comments.)

…If you know for sure, then please speak up and we’ll amend the article. It’s a former high school, vacant & boarded up. Soon afterwards, or perhaps transitioning over time from one role to another, the building found a second calling as Chinook Learning Services. A school for adults nothing… (Search hits: 0 in title, 15 in body, 3 in comments.)

…in the seven film franchise, a school in Barons Alberta was used as a stand-in for this structure. See it here: Superman 1978 High school then and now. Not sure why it wasn’t reused in Three for continuity. In the story, Clark’s high school reunion is being held in the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 14 in body, 0 in comments.)

…it was built although we know part of the building was a second school brought in from the town of Richdale north of Sheerness. It’s not known when this happened or even when the original school opened or when it closed. Data is scarce and so you can expect updates… (Search hits: 0 in title, 9 in body, 32 in comments.)

…1919 as West Ward School, it is located in west Coleman on land acquired some years prior. It cost the princely sum of $25000 to build. In the 1920s its name was changed to Cameron School in honour of a local politician and school board official. The building was expanded… (Search hits: 0 in title, 13 in body, 4 in comments.)

…that befell most small prairie towns. Today, it’s home to a few people, a Co-op store and card lock, and a small post office/restaurant. Our first subject, the Hoosier School. An imposing brick structure with several class rooms, it was built in 1930 and replaced an earlier school that burned… (Search hits: 0 in title, 10 in body, 22 in comments.)

…with Radio Canada’s Vincent Bonnay Hillcrest Service Pioneer Acres Sneak a Peek Rocky Mountain House Historic Site Birnwell Mine Bow City Coutts Sweetgrass Train Depot Barons School This is Champion Alberta Little Dorothy Alberta Mayland Heights School Big Valley’s Train Station A Stop In Heinsburg Hong Kong Restaurant & Motel… (Search hits: 0 in title, 25 in body, 0 in comments.)

…school. An award from 1934. What can be said about a closet? I’m pretty sure my mom had the same curtains. A one digit phone number! Besides being a school, the building at times was also used as a church. The view out to the endless prairie. The “office”. The… (Search hits: 0 in title, 10 in body, 7 in comments.)

…only. Secondary school students attended the school nearby in Marengo. The church was all denominational, a Civilian Officiating Clergyman came from Alsask and the catholic one came from Kindersley. I knew that the married quarters were no longer existent but did not know that the other buildings were still standing… (Search hits: 0 in title, 8 in body, 16 in comments.)

…of nowhere, and taking us completely by surprise, this rural school in use from 1911-1955. Open to the elements, it’s likely not long for this world. Looks like people have been salvaging bricks off it. Respect for old buildings is often lacking it seems. 17) Another school, this one of… (Search hits: 0 in title, 9 in body, 0 in comments.)

It was never a town to speak of, more a locality, some crossroad, a dot on the map, a reference point for a general area. There might have been a post office here, perhaps a rural school close by, maybe a church or two, but not an organized community in… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 1 in comments.)

…were moved out of the village when it was abandoned, that still stand today not that far away. This includes the saloon, which was later a school, along with the Mitford Anglican Church. For those unfamiliar with Mitford, it was a small village that existed just west of present day… (Search hits: 0 in title, 6 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Old photos showing it in earlier times were also graced the walls and I’ve included some of them in this report. I can’t wait to explore the Palace Inn behind. It’s a beauty and we’ll return to stay there one day (I hope anyway). We found the schoolhouse, dating from… (Search hits: 0 in title, 5 in body, 0 in comments.)

…This is special. I was at Buffalo school the last day it was open. It was to be removed and placed elsewhere. But to see what was under the “new” false front to find Woo Sam!! This is wonderful. I got the school and the beautiful grain elevators. I would… (Search hits: 0 in title, 4 in body, 3 in comments.)

…treasure. John Barry Graham My Rodeo Buddy’s, The Ashbachers are from there. I used to check out the Old School when ever i was there. I still can not understand why no one will step up to the plate and do something with it. The old East Coulee School was… (Search hits: 0 in title, 3 in body, 9 in comments.)